vaínum

Tepecano

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan vaiñómi (“metal”), Southeastern Tepehuan baiñum (“metal”), O'odham wainomĭ (“metal”).

Noun

vaínum

1. money

References

• Mason, J. Alden (1916) “Tepecano, a Piman language of western Mexico”, in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume XXV, number 1, →DOI, pages 309–416